Endorsements for November 8, 2016 General Election

posted by ADA SEPA | 5sc
October 03, 2016

Americans for Democratic Action Southeastern Pennsylvania urges our membership to be involved in this extraordinarily critical election cycle. At few other times in our lives has an election been more important for our democracy. We must participate–on the ground, on the phone, person-to-person, monetarily. Let us hold true to ADA's values and invest in good government for our future by taking action in all the ways that we can.

ADA SEPA endorses the following candidates in the May 16, 2017 primary election.

Ballot Question #1: Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age (Statewide)Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges, and magisterial district judges be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75?

Recommended vote: No. Please note this would be a change from the current retirement age of 7

Ballot Question #2: City Bond (Philadelphia Only)Should the City of Philadelphia borrow ONE HUNDRED EIGHT-FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($184,303,000.00) to be spent for and toward capital purposes as follows: Transit; Streets and Sanitation; Municipal Buildings; Parks, Recreation and Museums; and Economic and Community Development?